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Table 2 EGT production by native producers

From: Biosynthetic ability of diverse basidiomycetous yeast strains to produce the natural antioxidant ergothioneine

Microbial strains

Culture media

EGT

(mg/L-culture)

EGT

(mg/g-dry cell)

EGT

(mg/L/d)

References

Ustilago siamensis CBS9960

YM medium (flask)

49.5 ± 7.0

9.3

9.9

This study

 

YM medium (jar)

54.0 ± 15.0

11.7

10.8

This study

 

YM medium, 0.1% histidine (flask)

74.9 ± 5.5

13.9

15.0

This study

Tridiomyces crassus CBS9959

YM medium (flask)

30.9 ± 1.8

5.7

6.2

This study

Ustilago shanxiensis CBS10075

YM medium, 0.1% methionine (flask)

34.7 ± 3.9

8.4

6.9

This study

Oscillatoria sp. CCAC M1944

Waris-H medium

-

0.8–0.9

-

Pfeiffer et al. (2011)

Methylobacterium aquaticum 22 A

MM medium, 2% methanol

12.2

2.0

1.7

Fujitani et al. (2018)

Nocardia asteroides

Wickerham medium, 1% mannitol + 0.4% asparagine

-

0.52

-

Genghof (1970)

Streptomyces griseus ATCC10317

RN medium

-

0.5

-

Genghof (1970)

Shizossacharomyces pombe WT 972

EMM2 medium, nitrogen starvation

-

157.4 (µM, intracellular)

-

Pluskal et al. (2014)

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa z41c

SD medium, 2% glycerol + 2% yeast extract

24

3.2

3.4

Fujitani et al. (2018)

Aureobasidium pullulans kz25

SD medium, 2% glycerol + 2% yeast extract

14

1.0

2

Fujitani et al. (2018)

Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1

Steeped rice solid medium

11.5 (mg/kg-media)

-

2.3

Takusagawa et al. (2019)

Pleurotus citrinopileatus (mycelia)

Basal medium, 2% glucose

18.2

2.9

0.83

Lin et al. (2015)

 

Basal medium, 2% glucose + amino acids

98

12.3

6.1

Lin et al. (2015)

Panus conchatus (mycelia)

Optimized fermentation medium, 5% molasses, 3% soypeptone

81.44

8.4

20.4

Zhu et al. (2022)

 

Optimized fermentation medium, 5% molasses, 3% soypeptone, 0.04% cysteine

148.79

9.1

24.8

Zhu et al. (2022)